AB 1338: Metal shredding facilities: regulations.

Existing law requires, on or before January 1, 2027, an air pollution control district or an air quality management district the jurisdiction of which includes metal shredding facilities, in consultation with the Department of Toxic Substances Control and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment to develop requirements for facilitywide fence-line air quality monitoring at metal shredding facilities, as defined. Existing law authorizes any reasonable regulatory costs incurred by a district in implementing these provisions to be reimbursed pursuant to the fee authority of the district.

This bill, if a district has regulations and rules governing metal shredding facilities that have been implemented as of January 1, 2026, would authorize instead of require the district to implement these requirements. The bill would require the district regulations and rules to include, but not be limited to, facility registration, fenceline or alternative monitoring technologies compliance methods, or other methods to reduce emissions from metal shredding facilities, as specified. The bill would also require, rather than authorize, any reasonable regulatory costs incurred by a district in implementing these provisions to be reimbursed by the owner or operator of a metal shredding facility.